2006 July 17 Poker News, Events and Happenings

AMERICAN PIE stunner SHANNON ELIZABETH is so hooked on poker she travels to Las Vegas, Nevada up to three times a month just to play with America’s to

LAS VEGAS — A 21-year-old film student from Los Angeles who dipped into a college fund and his parents’ wallets for his entry stakes has become the youngest player to win a World Series of Poker event.

It was a very surreal atmosphere at the World Series of Poker on Sunday. There was plenty of action around the Amazon Room at the Rio with the first day of the $2000 No-Limit Shootout…

PokerTek Inc. has signed a 3-year contract with Carnival Corp. to provide its PokerPro electronic poker tables to Carnival’s cruise ships.

A tale of two final tables – that’s what we will have at the Amazon Room of the Rio Hotel & Casino today as Phil Hellmuth, Jr is in good position to take a run at his 10th WSOP gold bracelet….

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (PRESS RELEASE) — Absolute Poker, the fourth largest online poker Web site in the world, released today a new Web site located at, which recounts the behind-the-scenes stories and photo diaries of the company’s seven interns who are now in their second month on the job at the company’s Costa Rican headquarters.

(PRESS RELEASE) — Tony G is one of the most recognizable and outspoken stars on the poker circuit, and now he has his own online poker room - TonyGPoker.com.